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Student name:__________
1) Describe Vardi and Weitz Model of Organizational Misbehavior and the categories of
misbehavior in their framework.
2) Explain what is meant by management interventions and the points at which these
interventions may be made.
3) Is employee misbehavior costly? Explain.
4) Describe the different types of sexual harassment.
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5) How does culture promote or inhibit employee misbehavior?
6) Should employees be barred from dating?
7) How can a manager recognize a behavior as sexual harassment?
8) Is sexual harassment a form of violence?
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9) Do employees give up their civil liberties in exchange for work?
10) Crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the workplace is
called _______________ crime.
A) high-society
B) social-strata
C) white-collar
D) royal
11) _______________ crime is conducted with the support of an organization.
A) White-collar
B) Occupational
C) Organizational
D) Gray
12) When an individual perceives that he or she is being mistreated by a manager, the
preference for misbehaving _______________.
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A) may increase
B) decreases
C) is unaffected
D) spreads to other employees
13) The impact of occupational structure on criminal workplace behaviors, such as
embezzlement, vandalism, and sabotage, has been investigated by _______________.
A) anthropologists
B) occupational psychologists
C) criminologists
D) All of the choices are correct.
14) ________________ is defined as the behavior exhibited by an individual or group that is
purposeful (intentional) and can be harmful to the person and others, as well as financially and
socially costly.
A) Incidental misbehavior
B) The intention to misbehave
C) Negative behavior
D) Bad citizenship
15) The most efficient misbehavior intervention point is _______________.
A) when the misbehavior is first noticed
B) after a warning has been issued
C) during the preemployment phase
D) during performance evaluation cycles
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16) The intention to misbehave is posited to ________ the relationship between antecedents
and the outcomes that are expressions of the misbehavior.
A) validate
B) moderate
C) mediate
D) surprisingly have no impact on
17) The financial cost of the Enron scandal to employees, executives, the surrounding
community, and society is estimated to exceed _______________.
A) $100 million
B) $10 billion
C) $100 billion
D) $900 billion
18) _______________ of female employees report that they have been the object of sexually
harassing behavior at work.
A) Up to 25 percent
B) Between 25 and 50 percent
C) Over 70 percent
D) Over 90 percent
19) Sexual harassment occurs ________.
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A) because of power differences
B) because of lust
C) across gender lines and across sexual orientations
D) All of the choices are correct.
20) This type of sexual harassment occurs when sex-related behavior interferes with an
employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working
environment.
A) Quid pro quo
B) Physiological
C) Hostile work environment
D) Psychological
21) Workplace relationships can have a host of negative ramifications, including:
A) Gossip
B) Decreased productivity
C) Accusations of favoritism
D) All of the choices are correct.
22) A “consensual relationship agreement,” also known as a “love contract,” typically
includes all of the following provisions except:
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A) The relationship is consensual
B) What the dating employees will do if the relationship stops being consensual
C) A verification that both employees are aware of the company’s policies on sexual
harassment
D) Acknowledgement that the dating employees know they will be fired if they continue
dating
23) Pryor and Stoller found that men who scored high on a characteristic designated
“likelihood to sexually harass” were more likely to display all of the following behavior except:
A) They hold adversarial sexual beliefs
B) They are aggressive in their business dealings
C) They have difficulty understanding others’ perspectives
D) The endorse traditional male sex stereotypes
24) From a legal perspective, which of the following is not one of the types of sexual
harassment?
A) Quid pro quo
B) Physiological
C) Hostile work environment
D) Psychological
25) This type of sexual harassment occurs when an employee “feels harassed” regardless of
whether or not the sex-related behavior is illegal.
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A) Quid pro quo
B) Physiological
C) Hostile work environment
D) Psychological
26) If an employer offered a promotion in exchange for a sexual favor it would be considered
________ harassment.
A) Quid pro quo
B) Physiological
C) Hostile work environment
D) Psychological
27) Workplace violence accounts for about _______________ of the all workplace fatalities
in 2014.
A) 90 percent
B) 75 percent
C) 16 percent
D) 2 percent
28) In which of the following work settings or activities is one the least likely to be a victim
of workplace violence?
A) Fire fighting
B) Exchanging money
C) Making deliveries
D) Working late nights
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29) _______________ at work is the effort of an individual to inflict harm on others with
whom the person works, or has worked, or on the organization itself.
A) Sabotage
B) Aggression
C) Harassment
D) Assault
30) An example of behavior that may be considered as “aggressive” is _______________.
A) pushing
B) gossip
C) withholding of something desired
D) All of the choices are correct.
31) Researchers have attempted to find a link between individual differences, such as
_______________ and aggression.
A) anger
B) Type A behavior
C) gender
D) All of the choices are correct.
32) According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; there were more
than __________ charges of sexual harassment filed in 2015.
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A) 1,200
B) 2,500
C) 6,800
D) 15,700
33) The increase in nonfatal violence and acts of aggression may be the result of
_______________.
A) downsizing
B) increased management observation
C) more unstructured time at work
D) All of the choices are correct.
34) The majority of workplace homicides are the result of __________.
A) management pressure
B) frustration and anxiety
C) robberies and related crime
D) intentional sabotage of safety equipment
35) Many victims perceive _______________ as the reason that bullies directed their
behavior toward them.
A) anger
B) envy
C) low intelligence
D) revenge
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36) Bullying differs from “normal” conflict with peers in that bullying is characterized by:
A) An imbalance of power
B) Strong emotional reactions from the victim
C) No effort to resolve the conflict
D) All of the choices are correct.
37) _______________ is defined as repeated actions that are directed to another worker that
are unwanted and that clearly cause humiliation and distress and create an unpleasant work
setting.
A) Incivility
B) Bullying
C) Crime
D) Discipline
38) All of the following have been identified as providing a social context in which bullying
can occur except:
A) Allowing jobs to be done in isolation
B) A department with low employee morale
C) An over-abundance of supervision
D) Social inequities in the workplace
39) Victims who can’t tolerate bullying often leave the organization through
_______________.
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A) retirement
B) illness
C) choice
D) All of the choices are correct.
40) All of the following are forms of incivility except:
A) Being disruptive in meetings
B) Promising disciplinary action if goals are not met
C) Giving negative eye contact
D) Making condescending remarks
41) According to recent research, employees who are the recipients of uncivil behavior
experience all of the following except:
A) Increased job stress and dissatisfaction
B) Lower levels of creativity
C) Higher commitment to the organization
D) Higher turnover
42) An intentional act of deceiving or misrepresenting in order to induce another individual
or group to give up something of value is called _______________.
A) intimidation
B) goldbricking
C) harassment
D) fraud
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43) All of the following are recommended ways to stop incivility except:
A) Implementing a zero-tolerance policy
B) Proactively managing the climate of the organization
C) Punishing those who engage in uncivil behaviors
D) not rewarding the behavior by acknowledging it in anyway
44) Researchers found, based on interviews with 200 incarcerated embezzlers, that most of
them committed fraud to _______________.
A) cover other crimes
B) increase the stock price of the organization
C) meet their financial obligations
D) buy things their salaries didn’t cover
45) A study of over 12,000 employees found that _______________ had engaged in such
workplace misbehaviors as goldbricking, sick time abuses, and/or fraud at least once.
A) 10 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 57 percent
D) 90 percent
46) Full-time workers who are illicit drug users are more likely than non-drug users to have
done all of the following except:
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A) Worked for three or more employers in the past year
B) Had past military service
C) Taken unexcused absences from work
D) Voluntarily left an employer or been terminated within the last year
47) _______________ encourages some CEOs to engage in fraudulent behaviors.
A) Perceived inequity
B) A preponderance of “inside” board members
C) Perceived ambiguity of the law
D) All of the choices are correct.
48) _______________ is a combination of motive and opportunity.
A) Envy
B) Bullying
C) Incivility
D) Fraud
49) ________ is a significant risk factor that drives employees to drink.
A) Work overload
B) Abusive supervisors
C) Working with alcoholic coworkers
D) A permissive workplace culture
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50) Sabotage involves damaging or destroying an organization’s or colleague’s
_______________.
A) equipment
B) workspace
C) data
D) Any or All of the choices are correct.
51) Sabotage is usually the method of choice of person who _______________.
A) is bored
B) believes that something in their work history was unfair to them
C) wants to gain an advantage over a colleague
D) All of the choices are correct.
52) Three types of organizational sabotage targets exist. They include all of the following
except:
A) People
B) Equipment
C) Data
D) The work setting
53) _______________ is defined as the unauthorized taking, consuming, or transferring of
money or goods owned by the organization.
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A) Goldbricking
B) Theft
C) Sabotage
D) Violence
54) Most employees who commit fraudulent activities are _______________.
A) women
B) first-time offenders
C) repeat offenders
D) new employees
55) Which of the following is a form of direct aggression?
A) Spreading rumors that may harm another’s chance for promotion
B) Withholding praise
C) Pushing or shoving
D) Misdirecting important information
56) The _______________ under the Bill of Rights guarantees due process and equal
protection.
A) First Amendment
B) Fourth Amendment
C) Fifth Amendment
D) Fourteenth Amendment
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57) The _______________ under the Bill of Rights protects an employee’s freedom of speech
and association.
A) First Amendment
B) Fourth Amendment
C) Fifth Amendment
D) Fourteenth Amendment
58) The _______________ under the Bill of Rights protects against communications from
unreasonable searches and seizures.
A) First Amendment
B) Fourth Amendment
C) Fifth Amendment
D) Fourteenth Amendment
59) Organizations can utilize medical, drug, or psychological, testing when the situation
meets all of the following conditions except:
A) If results are openly shared and subject to public review
B) The test is designed to predict a person’s ability to perform
C) The test is relatively non-invasive
D) The test results are private
60) What is the difference between occupational crime and organizational crime?
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61) What is white-collar crime?
62) The text discusses five specific categories of misbehavior. What are they?
63) Define sexual harassment.
64) Identify three types of sexual harassment.
65) What is a “love contract”?
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66) There are three tests that can help you categorize and focus on particular behaviors; one
is the Family IQ test. What are the other two?
67) What is the difference between bullying and incivility?
68) Employees that experience incivility are impacted numerous ways. Identify three.
69) Identify three costs associated with cyberslacking.
70) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission tracks sexual harassment cases.
What do their statistics indicate regarding the cost sexual harassment for employers?
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71) The term STEAL refers to four motives behind theft behavior. What are they?
72) Your friend states that an employer must notify its employees if it intends to read their e-
mails. Are they correct?
73) Are privacy rights the same for public and private employees?
74) A medical practitioner has performed a medical test on an employee. What information
may be shared with the employer?
75) What arguments can be made in opposition to employer e-mail monitoring?
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76) Within the Vardi and Weitz model, instrumental force represents an individual’s personal
interests and beliefs.
⊚ true
⊚ false
77) Within the Vardi and Weitz model, management interactions are the actions taken by
managers to prevent, control, or respond to harmful misbehavior.
⊚ true
⊚ false
78) Misbehavior is not gender, industry, country, or date specific.
⊚ true
⊚ false
79) Sexual harassment is a form of unethical behavior but is not considered aggression.
⊚ true
⊚ false
80) Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination, and harassed employees can file claims
for battery and defamation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
81) Passive aggression is accomplished through the withholding of something desired.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
82) Women tend to classify a smaller range of behavior as sexually harassing than do men.
⊚ true
⊚ false
83) Today’s organizations commonly share information about worker aggression.
⊚ true
⊚ false
84) O’Leary-Kelly, Griffin, and Glew suggest contend that demographic data may be the best
predictors of violence, but it is prohibited by law from being collected.
⊚ true
⊚ false
85) American employees now put in less time at work than they did 20 years ago.
⊚ true
⊚ false
86) Researchers have found that overachievers are bullied less often than are average
performers.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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87) Psychological sexual harassment occurs when sex-related behavior interferes with an
employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working
environment.
⊚ true
⊚ false
88) Experiencing repeated incidents of rudeness can cause some workers to become
physically ill or suffer depression.
⊚ true
⊚ false
89) A recent study reported that males with high levels of the characteristic designated
“likelihood to harass” tend to give attractive females higher scores on performance appraisals.
⊚ true
⊚ false
90) One reason that management should be concerned about incivility between colleagues is
that can escalate to a more intense form of interaction, such as aggression or violence.
⊚ true
⊚ false
91) The concept of “wages in kind” suggests that the more dissatisfied the employee, the
more motivated he or she will be to engage in incivility.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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92) Researchers have concluded that workers’ substance use and abuse has more to do with
personal characteristics than with working conditions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
93) Multiple tests are now available that can accurately predict future substance abuse.
⊚ true
⊚ false
94) Sabotage is a tangible expression of aggression or violence.
⊚ true
⊚ false
95) Theft is limited to tangible items, such as money and equipment.
⊚ true
⊚ false
96) A work group with deviant norms about theft, through its behaviors, can display what,
when, and where to steal.
⊚ true
⊚ false
97) Eliminating all opportunities for theft across the board increases perceptions of fairness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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98) Studies found that theft rates were significantly lower in organizations in which employee
compensation was reduced.
⊚ true
⊚ false
99) Courts have generally reaffirmed that employers can read e-mails sent over their
computer systems only if employees are informed of the policies.
⊚ true
⊚ false
100) Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers can require a medical test
only after a contingent job offer is made.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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Answer Key
Test name: chapter 8
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